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> I told Sally I was worried about the exam. She said, "Don't worry. ____________"

> She'll be right!

I feel like this question is cheating. This could be the only question in the survey and it would be able to identify Australians.



Why would Australians say this? Is it because for them an exam is a "she"? (disclaimer: not a native English speaker myself, though the test guessed "American English (Standard)").


I don't know the origins, but we seem to use 'she' as a synonym for 'the situation'.

She'll be right. She's all good. She's apples.

etc.


Idiom: “she’ll be right, mate.” It’s generic, meaning “it will be alright.”

Despite all this, it still reckoned me en-NZ before en-AU. Oh, the shame! 😉


I clicked "She'll be right!" just to test if this was true and none of the results guess me to be Australian. I had originally thought the same as you did but was pleasantly surprised.


Being Australian, I selected that answer but it actually guessed I was a New Zealander first (2 and 3 were Australian and South African respectivly)


I didn't pick that option and it still put my number 2 dialect as Australian.


The other option was to ask "_________ Oi! Oi! Oi!"


Yeah, that one was rather fishy.

It guessed correctly that I was Australian.


She'll be apples when she discovers this.




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